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<H1>-r (Recurse subdirectories) switch</H1>

<P>Specifies the method of treating wildcards and filenames on the command line.</P>

<H4>Syntax</H4>

<PRE class="syntax">
-r[- | 0]
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<TABLE>
  <TR><TH width="80">Switch</TH> <TH>Description</TH></TR>
  <TR><TD>-r</TD> <TD>Enable recurse subdirectories.</TD></TR>
  <TR><TD>-r-</TD> <TD>Disable recurse subdirectories. This option is default for all commands.</TD></TR>
  <TR><TD>-r0</TD> <TD>Enable recurse subdirectories only for wildcard names.</TD></TR>
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<H4>Examples</H4>

<PRE class="example">
7z l archive.zip *.doc -r-
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<P>lists all <SPAN class="filename">*.doc</SPAN> files
  that belong to the archived root directory
  in the <SPAN class="filename">archive.zip</SPAN> archive.
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<PRE class="example">
7z a -tzip archive.zip -r src\*.cpp src\*.h
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<P>adds all <SPAN class="filename">*.cpp</SPAN> and <SPAN class="filename">*.h</SPAN>
  files from directory <SPAN class="filename">src</SPAN> and all it's subdirectories
  to the <SPAN class="filename">archive.zip</SPAN> archive.</P>

<PRE class="example">
7z a archive.7z folder1\
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<P>adds all files from directory <SPAN class="filename">folder1</SPAN> and all it's subdirectories
  to the <SPAN class="filename">archive.7z</SPAN> archive.</P>

<PRE class="example">
7z a archive.7z -r folder2\
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<P>searches all <SPAN class="filename">folder2</SPAN> directories in all subdirectories,
  and adds them (including all subdirectories) to the <SPAN class="filename">archive.7z</SPAN> archive.</P>

<H4>Commands that can be used with this switch</H4>

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  <A href="../commands/add.htm">a (Add)</A>,
  <A href="../commands/delete.htm">d (Delete)</A>,
  <A href="../commands/extract.htm">e (Extract)</A>,
  <A href="../commands/hash.htm">h (Hash)</A>,
  <A href="../commands/list.htm">l (List)</A>,
  <A href="../commands/rename.htm">rn (Rename)</A>,
  <A href="../commands/test.htm">t (Test)</A>,
  <A href="../commands/update.htm">u (Update)</A>,
  <A href="../commands/extract_full.htm">x (Extract with full paths)</A>
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<H4>See also</H4>

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  <B>Switches:</B>
  <A href="include.htm">-i (Include)</A>,
  <A href="exclude.htm">-x (Exclude)</A>
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